An Interview With Wu Jichuan

Updated Dec. 13, 1999 2:43 a.m. ET

A transcript of an interview with Wu Jichuan, minister of information industries, and other ministry officials. The interview was conducted Friday in Beijing by Wall Street Journal Foreign Editor John Bussey and members of the Journal's China bureau.

WSJ: Let me ask you first, according to our understanding of the WTO agreement, Internet services will be treated like value-added services, meaning that within 2 years, foreign...